1979 Nov 6 - 1981 Mar 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/529
Middle East (Arms sales and military assistance to Middle Eastern countries) (Part 1)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2011 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 209 |
| Any docs withheld? | 2 |
PREM19/529 - download whole file (PDF, 100.84 MB)
Selections from this file
Date |
Category | Type | Value | Author/Source | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 Nov 6 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: MOD letter to No.10 ("Military Assistance to Jordan") [arms sales] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Sep 16 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Whitmore minute to MT (defence sales to Qatar) [arms sales] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Dec 10 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: MOD letter to No.10 ("Sales to UAE") [arms sales] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Dec 20 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: MT letter to Sheikh Zaid of Qatar (USSR influence in the Gulf and Afghanistan, defence sales) [arms sales] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Dec 22 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: FCO to UKE Dubai ("Hawk Aircraft") [MT concerned that UK may "lose the Hawk contract which is vital to the future prospects not only of the aircraft but possible of BAE itself"] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Dec 22 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: MT letter to Sheikh Zaid of Qatar (Hurd's visit to the UAE) [arms sales] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Dec 22 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Gilmour-Biffen-Strathcona-Armstrong-Cooper) ["Defence Sales to UAE"] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Dec 23 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: UKE Dubai to FCO ("Hawk Aircraft") [arms sales to the UAE] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Dec 23 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: FCO to UKE Dubai ("Hawk Aircraft") [arms sales to the UAE] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Dec 31 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: UKE Abu Dhabi to FCO ("Hawk Sales") [arms sales to the UAE] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 6 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: UKE Abu Dhabi to FCO ("Hawk Sales") [arms sales to the UAE: outcome of Hurd's visit] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 8 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Hurd minute to Carrington ("Visit to the UAE: 5-7 January") [arms sales to the UAE] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 19 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: MT letter to Sheikh Khalifa of Qatar (USSR influence in the Middle East, arms sales) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 22 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: UKE Doha to FCO ("Message to the Amir") [USSR influence in the Middle East, arms sales to Qatar] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 23 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: FCO letter to No.10 ("Tornado") [arms sales to Jordan] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 28 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Iran-Iraq War: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Arms Supplies to Iran and Iraq") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 4 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: FCO letter to No.10 ("The Sale of Hawk Aircraft to the UAE") [arms sales] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 7 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Sheikh Khalifa of Qatar letter to MT (USSR influence in the Middle East, defence sales) [arms sales] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 11 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Tornado - Export Sales (OD(81) 8)") [arms sales] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 11 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Oil Minister Dr. Otaiba of the United Arab Emirates) [Iran-Iraq War, oil and energy, UK arms sales to the UAE] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 16 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: MT message to Prime Minister Forlani of Italy (Tornado sales to Arab countries) [MT seeks agreement on arms sales] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 16 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: MT message to Chancellor Schmidt of Germany (Tornado sales to Arab countries) [MT seeks agreement on arms sales] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 17 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: UKE Bonn to FCO ("Tornado sales to Arab Countries") [MT's message to Schmidt] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 17 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Chancellor Schmidt of Germany letter to MT (Tornado sales to Arab countries) [need to examine MT's proposals further] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 18 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: King Hussein of Jordan letter to MT (Tornado sales to Arab countries) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 4 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: FCO letter to No.10 ("Arms Sales to Iraq") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 23 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Lord Trenchard minute to MT (arms sales to Iraq and Jordan) [MT: "I am very pleased with the careful progress made in this matter"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 26 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Carrington minute to MT ("Arms Supplies to Iran") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 30 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: MT letter to King Hussein of Jordan (Tornado sales to Arab countries) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 31 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: UKE Amman to FCO ("Tornado") [delivery of MT's message to King Hussein of Jordan on Tornado sales to Arab states] [declassified 2011] |